Elephant In The Room Stupendous Lighter Alcohol South Australia Shiraz 2022 (Australia)

Description

Blackcurrant, Chocolate, Oak

Deep purple in colour, this wine offers aromatic notes of red berries and blackcurrants with violet overtones and a hint of cedarwood spice. The palate is dense and plush, featuring flavours of blood plum, chocolate, blueberry, and spice, with a supple, silky mouthfeel framed by subtle oak toast and fine tannins.

The Elephant in the Room wines are proudly large in scale and expansive in flavour. Created to deliver full bodied and mouth-filling wines, Elephant in the Room gives consumers what they want- quality, flavour and something to talk about. Each wine is sourced from slow-ripening cool climate vineyards and partially matured in French Oak before final blending and bottling by Corey Ryan.

2022 will probably be remembered as wet in most parts of Australia. However, in inland vineyards the rain did not hinder, rather it helped vines stay healthy and created favourable conditions for a modest and favourable crop across much of the country. Overall, quality was up but yields were down.

Sourced from a selection of mature, dry-grown vineyards in Langhorne Creek managed by Jim Zerella. The fruit is partially hand-harvested before de-stemming and cool fermentation in small two tonne open fermenters with regular hand plunging. A small component of the blend is cool distilled whilst another undergoes ultra-membrane filtration. With very gentle handling, these components are masterfully blending back into the original parcel of wine to arrive at a well-integrated, lighter finished ABV. Followed by six months maturation in a combination of second-use oak and stainless steel before bottling.

Food Pairing: A generous wine, packed with flavour that belies its moderate weight and finished alcohol, making it perfect for pairing with any red meat dishes.